One, Kirkstall Forge
6th March 2018

A floor-to-ceiling glazing installation at Number One Kirkstall Forge, Leeds was designed, specified and delivered by GLASSOLUTIONS.

The development is part of the 57-acre, £400 million Kirkstall Forge ‘urban village’ scheme which on completion will offer Grade A office buildings, contemporary housing, green spaces, cafés, bars and restaurants in a beautiful riverside location. One Kirkstall Forge, the first commercial development on the site, is an office building offering over 110,000 sq. ft. of highly flexible workspace over seven floors, with floor-to-ceiling glazing at 2.8m height and a glazed entrance atrium.

For main contractor Wates Construction and site developer CEG, the Glassolutions Contracting team was tasked with the delivery of designs by architects' practice Cooper Cromar. This required the design, specification and installation of a glazed façade for the building, with deep mullions and bronze pressed aluminium panel cladding. In addition, the architectural plans featured an 8m unsupported mid-span entrance atrium which Glassolutions was also briefed to deliver.

Glassolutions Contracting division specified a combination of Wicona aluminium systems integrating with high performance insulating glass units, spandrels and sandwich panels. The ‘stick’ curtain walling was fabricated using Wicona’s Wictec 50 systems, which provide a 50mm face width and ensure thermal insulation through the incorporation of a uPVC thermal break.

For the glazing specification, the company installed insulated glass units comprising Saint Gobain Glass’ SGG Cool-Lite Xtreme 70-33ii, with single-glazed units used for the spandrel panels to combat overheating. With a G-Value of 0.33 and a centre pane U-value of 1.0W/m2K, this specification reduces the need for both additional heating and cooling. Despite this, SGG Cool-Lite Xtreme 70-33ii can achieve a light transmission rate of 70.

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